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Kent & East Sussex Railway – A1 Class 0-6-0T No.3 (70 ‘Poplar’, No.3 'Bodiam' & BR No.32670) taken at Brighton Works c1947.
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters" by their south London crews. However, the engines were more famously known as "Terriers" on account of the distinctive 'bark' of the exhaust beat.
A1 (Terrier) Class 0-6-0T No. 3 (70 ‘Poplar’, No.3 'Bodiam' & BR No.32570) designed by William Stroudley, built in 1872 at Brighton Works. Rebuilt to A1X in 1943 at St Leonards Works.
In May 1901 it was for £650 to Kent & East Sussex Railway and went into service K&ESR No. 3 ‘Bodiam’ where it stayed to 1931 when it was withdrawn from service and left to rusting on a siding at Rolvenden Yard until in 1932/33 it lost its name around 1935. It became serviceable when another Terrier (71 ‘Wapping’ then running as No.5 ‘Rolvenden’) was cannibalised for parts to restore ‘Bodiam’ back into service but without the nameplate.
It went to British Rail (S) in 1948 at nationalisation, when it was based at Rolvenden, moving to Ashford, then spent time at St Leonards from 1954 before moving to Brighton in 1957 and ended up working on the Hayling Island Branch, based at Eastleigh in 1963 being withdrawn in the same year. It was sold to Kent & East Sussex Preservation Society in April 1964 and then acquired by The Terrier Trust 1995 for use on the K&ESR now preserved as No. 3 ‘Bodiam’.
Photographer: unknown – taken at Brighton Works c1947.
Kent & East Sussex Railway – A1 Class 0-6-0T No.3 (70 ‘Poplar’, No.3 'Bodiam' & BR No.32670) taken at Brighton Works c1947.
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters" by their south London crews. However, the engines were more famously known as "Terriers" on account of the distinctive 'bark' of the exhaust beat.
A1 (Terrier) Class 0-6-0T No. 3 (70 ‘Poplar’, No.3 'Bodiam' & BR No.32570) designed by William Stroudley, built in 1872 at Brighton Works. Rebuilt to A1X in 1943 at St Leonards Works.
In May 1901 it was for £650 to Kent & East Sussex Railway and went into service K&ESR No. 3 ‘Bodiam’ where it stayed to 1931 when it was withdrawn from service and left to rusting on a siding at Rolvenden Yard until in 1932/33 it lost its name around 1935. It became serviceable when another Terrier (71 ‘Wapping’ then running as No.5 ‘Rolvenden’) was cannibalised for parts to restore ‘Bodiam’ back into service but without the nameplate.
It went to British Rail (S) in 1948 at nationalisation, when it was based at Rolvenden, moving to Ashford, then spent time at St Leonards from 1954 before moving to Brighton in 1957 and ended up working on the Hayling Island Branch, based at Eastleigh in 1963 being withdrawn in the same year. It was sold to Kent & East Sussex Preservation Society in April 1964 and then acquired by The Terrier Trust 1995 for use on the K&ESR now preserved as No. 3 ‘Bodiam’.
Photographer: unknown – taken at Brighton Works c1947.